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If you haven’t seen Google’s video, Rubik’s Cube: A question, waiting to be answered, take a minute and watch it. One of my favorite lines, “…when the right person finds the right question, it can set them on a journey to change the world.” Yet, typically in schools, most of the questions that are asked have… Read More Are We Asking the Right Type of Questions?

David Price, in his book Open, describes how this access has created a “messy and at times chaotic phenomenon… It has changed how we live and learn, socially. If we fully understand and grasp its potential, we can be more fully engaged and fulfilled in our work and studies, and better able to adapt to… Read More Prioritizing Deeper Professional Learning

According to a Gallup Education poll, students that strongly agree that they “feel excited about the future” and that their school is “committed to building the strengths of each student” are 30 times more to show signs of engagement in the classroom compared to those that disagree with those statements. Ensuring students feel valued and understand their purpose for learning is… Read More To Improve Learning, First Seek to Understand the Learners

I was in a classroom recently where the teacher was calling on students to identify each of the 50 states from their book to complete a map worksheet. I talked to one of the students who told me they were learning the states because “the teacher thought it was important to know them” and when I asked… Read More Devices Are Only Part of the Digital Transformation

Have you ever left a meeting, PLC, or any other professional development session wondering what the purpose of the time together was and still unclear about what is expected of you? Unfortunately, you are not alone. This happens time and time again at all levels of education and then we pass on these same experiences… Read More 5 Reasons Professional Development is NOT Transforming Learning

After many technology driven initiatives and false hopes of technology as a silver bullet, there is a new mantra in education today: “It’s not about technology, it’s about the learning”. This is the message that has begun to sink in as people recognize that technology alone will not change learning for the majority of students.… Read More What Message Are We Really Sending About Learning and Technology?

I was in a meeting recently with executives from a large corporation. As we discussed the intersections between learning in K-12 schools, universities and the corporate world, it was noted that everyone brings a mobile device to work and throughout the day use multiple devices to work, learn and communicate. The same is true for… Read More Is Checking Devices at the Door Really the Solution?

As the tools, resources and goals in education are changing, the roles of teachers and leaders must too. In an effort to do this, there has been a lot of focus on redefining professional development to better meet the needs of teachers and leaders. I am all for this conversation and have written about it here… Read More Job-Embedded Professional Learning